Granite Hills High School, which opened in 1999, is one of the 21 schools in the Porterville Unified School District. The community of Porterville is located in the southern San Joaquin Valley in Central California. Granite has a population of 1365 students, 85 percent of which qualify for free or reduced price lunches, making GHHS a Title I high school. GHHS offers 14 AP classes for college bound students, such as AP Psychology, AP Art History, and AP Environmental Science. The Granite Hills Academic Decathlon Team has been the Tulare County winner for five consecutive years and has competed at the California state level for each of these years. The CyberQuest team has been Tulare County champions for three years.

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Granite Hills High School.
1701 E. Putnam, Porterville CA, 93257
Phone: (559) 782-7075 - Fax: (559) 789-9357
http://ghs.portervilleschools.org

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